4 comments:

There really are few things as cute as a baby duck! I want to get some, but I need to get my chickens up and going first. Where are your ducks goign to live? Are they going to spend nights with your chickens?

Thank you for your blog. I love looking at and hearing what other chicken lovers do.

Don, yes, they really are adorable! We thought about getting some ducklings, and my mom wanted us to order some with our chicks, but they won't ship ducks with chickens. So we saw these at the farm store and couldn't resist! We will probably build them their own home (so keep checking my blog for updates!); I've heard that if grown chickens and ducks are together, they could spread diseases among each other. We may build them a small pond, too!

You are very welcome. I'm glad you found it and hope it helps! Your blog is very nice and it seems like your living the farm dream!

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I love chickens and have plenty of them. It all started in 2006, when I started the 4-H Chick-Chain project and received 28 chicks. We continue adding to our mess of birds each year. We received 44 little chicks in the mail in late March of 2008 and also hatched chicks for the first time, and those little babies are now grown hens. This past year we bought some different breeds from the Co-op, along with 4 ducklings. Our chicken breeds consist of Polish, Cochins, RIRs, Ameraucanas, many many Silkies, and lots of other fun breeds. We have six ducks, who go all about the backyard like a gang. Our total amount of poultry is currently around 40.